Stored Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability in WP Shortcodes Plugin by WordPress
CVE-2026-3885

6.4MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

WordPress
Status
WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate
Vendor
CVE Published:
16 April 2026

What is CVE-2026-3885?

The WP Shortcodes Plugin, specifically the Shortcodes Ultimate version up to 7.4.9, exposes users to Stored Cross-Site Scripting due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping on attributes passed to the 'su_box' shortcode. This vulnerability allows authenticated attackers with contributor-level access and higher to inject arbitrary web scripts into pages, enabling the scripts to execute automatically when users view the compromised pages.

Affected Version(s)

WP Shortcodes Plugin — Shortcodes Ultimate 0 <= 7.4.9

References

https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id...
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3489360/shor...

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.4
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Dmitrii Ignatyev
.